He preached sermons in a Nebraska church and performed weddings and funerals, but this Baptist minister is also a professional land agent helping pave the way for the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

Wednesday August 14, 2013, 1:31 pm
If I was landholder I'd be tempted to greet all these agents, even the so-called preacher, with a shot gun, load with salt shot. Noted with disgust but little surprise at the tactics used by the Big Baddies and it's reps.
Thank you - feel like I need a shower...

Personally, I think the guy should be run out of the state on a rail. But I seem to be in a minority here in Nebraskaland.

"TransCanada spokesman Shawn Howard told the New York Times in 2011 that the company had already secured easements for 90 percent of the Nebraska route"--yeah, through something called "eminent domain."

Wednesday August 14, 2013, 3:16 pm
I am always amazed and disgusted by Christians (or anyone who believes in God) who do not see the hypocrisy of their relations with God/the environment. They will tell you that God gave them the trees, moon, water, life, yet they seem to feel no need to take care of the planet that their God gave them. I am an atheist but if I did believe in God I would think he would be disgusted by what people are doing as well as his son, Jesus. I know Id be pretty damned made if people did that to a gift I gave them. They have trashed it, dirtied it , and killed half the animals or are on the way if they are not just abusing them. I ma just an atheist though so what do I know? I do what I can for the planet and I don't do it for future generations but because it is a beautiful place ans we have no right to destroy it.

Wednesday August 14, 2013, 11:56 pm
"So-called" preacher is right - he might not even be a deacon. I like the comment about the devil wearing many disguises, it seems to fit this guy.

"When the Onnens welcomed them inside, Stafford spotted a Bible verse on the wall: Trust the Lord with all your heart. “He wanted to talk a little bit about that,” Onnen recalls. “I’m fine with that. That’s our family verse and that’s who we are. But I don’t necessarily start a conversation that way.” Onnen told me he felt uncomfortable with Stafford referring to himself as a “preacher,” when he was ordained only as a deacon (and Stafford himself said in a conversation with Van Housen that now that he is divorced, even his deacon status is unofficial). “I grew up in a Baptist Church,” Onnen says, “and the deacons took care of the property and finances. When we needed a new lawnmower they would buy that. The elders would take care of the spiritual side.”

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